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NWF- STATES ATFNT OFFICE.

JOSEPH OALFB MoRnIs-'OF rFAMPA, FLORIDA.

PLANT-s ETTiNc IMPLEMENT.

arvECIFICATION formingpart of Iietters Patent No. 612,745,1dated October 18,1898.

Application nea Beamter 29,1897. serial No. 664,287. (Normaal.)

To4 LZZ whom it may concern'.

Beit known that LJosEPH CALEB MORRIS,

I of Tampa, in the countyT of Hillsborough and StateV of Florida, ,have invented a new and Improved Plant-Setting Implement, of which the following'is a full, clear, and exact description. J n .The object of the invention is to provide au implement adapted especially to create an openingV in the ground for the reception of a plant and `to supplyfwater to'said opening for the purpose of moistening the roots of the plant that is to be transplanted.

'Another object of the inventibn is to provide an implement4 of the character above set forth which will besimpl, durable, and economic, and capable of convenient and expeditious manipulation, and which will enable a person to transplant plants nisandy soil or other soil that necessitates irrigation without entailing a laborious stooping posture on the part of the operator.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the 'several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.V

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar eharact'ersof reference indi cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through the improved implement. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the drill of the implement;and Fig. 3 is a vert-ical section throughthe drill of the implement anda portion of the watersupply thereto, illustrating the drill in the ground.

A represents a can or a vessel of any suitable or approved construction adapted `for puddlingplants, the top whereof is" depressed and provided with an opening 11 in order that water may be poured upon the top of the said vessel and from thence readily lind its way into the interior of said'vessel. A tube 11*L is passed through the vessel LA, extending' beyond the top and below the b0ttom, and the said tube is provided within-the vessel, preferably near its bottom, with an opening 12, through which water'eontained in the vessel may enter the tube. The vessel A is usually attached to the tube 11n by means of two nuts 13 and 13, suitably packed, one nut being within the vessel and the other outside. Both nuts iare preferably screwedA upon the rod and engage with the bottom. of.

the vessel, which latter is depressed at the eenter to permit the water to readily drain ont. It will be understood that when nuts 13 and 13 are employed for holding the can on the" tube the tube must necessarily be made in sections. As illustrated, the tube consists ot' a long body-section extending just below the can or vessel and a smaller lower section connected with the body-section by a coupling 13b.

At the top of the tube a horizontal arm 14 is secured, ,upon which arm a lever 15 is ful# crumed, the handle end of the lever being normally forced upward by Aa spring 16,1as

shown in Fig. 1.-.' The opposite end ofthe lever 15 is attached to a rod 16, and the said rod extends' downwardl tube 11, being intdandthrough the. 1Q.

provided at its lower end with avalve 17. In the normal position o f the 1ever this valve is adapted `to rest over and close the upper end of an opening 18, made in a drill 19, the drill being attached to the lower section of the tube 18fL by means of a coupling 2O of any approved or suitable construction. The drill 19 is usually triangular in vertical section, and the opening 18 coinmunieates with a transverse opening 21'. Blades or wings 22 are preferably made integral with the side surfaces of the said drill,

as shown in the drawings, the blades or wings extending ordinarily from the top to a point at or near the transverse opening 21, and any desired number of wings or blades may `be used. The handle 23 is provided with a sleeve 24, and the said sleeve is loosely mounted on the ltube 11 at a. point between the arm 14 and the top of` the vessel A.

L In operation the handle 23 is grasped by one hand and the lever 15 by the other hand, the drill being entered into the ground, and

by turning the lever 15, and consequently the tube l1,the said drill is forced into the ground;

as shown in Fig. 3, to make an opening capa# V j ble of receiving the roots of the plant. While ``.`1. l

the opening is being made, the handle end of the lever is pressed downward, which will raise the valve- 17 and permit Water to pass from the vessel Av through the opening 12 into the tube 1l, and from the said tube the Water will pass through the openings 18 and 21 in the drill into the hole being formed by the drill, thus mixing the Water and earth into mud and providing sufficient moisture 'to sustain the roots of the plant to be placed Ain said hole While the said plant is taking root. Thus three operations .take place at onoe-the hole is made, Water is supplied, and the earth is converted into mud.

It is customary in various of the Southern States to thoroughly meisten the earth i'n the hole prepared to receive the plantin fact, to produce a mud-like mixture et' water and earth in the bottom ofthe opening inte which the plant is to be set-in order that the roots of said plant shall be supplied Vwith su [lieient moisture while the plant is starting to grew. The moistening of such openings adapted to receive plants has been heretofore effected by hand, and consequently the transplanting of plants has been attended by considerable hari'lship. XVhile the implement abovekdescribed is particularly adapted to suitably prepare the ground for the reception of the plant without necessitating the operator to be constantly in a stooping position, it may be advantageously used for other purposesfor example, for applying liquid fertilizer to plants or shrubs that have not been trans- -planted or that need such attention.

mally close the opening in the drill, a lever carried by the shaft, and aconnection between 'the said lever and the said valve, for the purpose set forth.

2. The coml ination,\vith a receptacle adapted te receive liquid, a tubular shaft to which the said vessel is secured, the said tubular shaft being provided with an opening at a point Within the vessel, and a drill attached to the said tubular shaft, provided With an opening,- communicating with the interior of the Shaft and extending to the sides et' the drill, of a lever mounted on th'e said shaft, a rod attached to the said lever, and avalve carried by the said rod, adapted to normally close the said opening in the drill, as and for the purposevspecilied.

The combi natiomwith a receptacle adapted to contain a liquid, the said receptacle being,r provided With a depressed top having an opening,` therein, a tubular shaft to which the said receptacle is attached, the tubular shaft being provided with an opening at a point within the receptacle, an arm projected from the upper en'dotfnthe said shaft, a spring-controlledlevei-"moiinted upon the said arm, and a handle loosely mounted upon the said shaft above the receptacle, of a drill attached to the lower end of the tubular shaft, the drill being provided with a T-'opening extending vertically frm the top and'transversely to the sides, blades secured' te the said drill, a valve adapted to normally close the vertical portion of the opening" in the said drill, and a-eenneetion between the said valve and the said lever,

lfor the purpose specified.

JOSEPH CALEB MORRS. YVitnesses:

A. J. KNIGHT, Il. J. lVATRoUs. 

